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SPANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

apio.

celery

4 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈapjo/[ˈa.pjo]
  1. celery

    masculine
  2. queer, poof

    Spain · masculine · slang
Where this word comes from

According to Coromines and Pascual, from Old Spanish apio, inherited from Latin apium, cognate with Portuguese aipo, Galician aipo, ampio. Another example of Spanish retaining [j] after a labial is rubio (“blond”), compare Portuguese ruivo (“red-haired, redhead”).

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